The flatworm was previously only found in Texas and other Gulf Coast states before the Heterobilharzia americana parasite was spotted in California.

Depending on the degree of the effects of the worms, animals fail to thrive, some become infertile and others will even abort ...

These include blood sucking leeches and liver fluke worms which are a challenge to livestock farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa including Uganda.In Uganda the major challenge is liver fluke worms ...

Sheep farmers are being urged to stay vigilant for signs of liver fluke and worms. The risk of parasites is said to be 'hugely variable' in the run-up to spring.

Fascioliasis is a parasitic disease caused by liver flukes, primarily Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica. These parasites are transmitted through freshwater snails and primarily infect ...

Increasingly wet weather is leading to more incidences of rumen fluke in cattle and sheep. Aidan Brennan writes.

Sheep and goat farmers in the Northeast have reported 20% losses from herds this winter due to liver fluke, a trematode or flatworm that infests the liver, causing damage and a deadly secondary ...

In addition to the major liver flukes, Opisthorchis viverrini and Clonorchis ... Results: Degeneration of the parasites was slowed by cooling: degeneration of all metacercariae took approximately ...

Within the range of tools available to producers to monitor liver fluke, experts in the Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) and Control of Worms Sustainably (COWS) groups are promoting ...